...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!

Cat People

488 statements
95 feature instances
30 referencing feature instances

Cat People	type	TVTItem
Cat People	label	Cat People
Cat People	page	CatPeople
Cat People	comment	A classic 1942 American horror film produced by Val Lewton and directed by Jacques Tourneur.Irena (Simone Simon) is a Serbian woman living in New York City who believes that if she is ever kissed by a man, she will transform into a deadly panther due to a family curse brought about by medieval dabbling in witchcraft. Her American acquaintences try to persuade her otherwise, particularly Oliver Reed (Kent Smith), who wants to marry her. Turns out, she's right and they're wrong.Spawned a sequel (kind of) in 1944, The Curse of the Cat People, which follows two of the characters from the first film and (apparently) a third one who had seemed to be dead at its end; it didn't really deal with the "cat people" angle at all, and dropped the "dangerous sexuality" theme in favor of exploring the importance of childhood imagination. It's really not even in the same genre as the original, being more of a drama about family life than a horror film. It's also notable as the directorial debut of Robert Wise.There was also a 1982 remake, directed by Paul Schrader and starring Malcolm McDowell and Nastassja Kinski; it was more of what would later be called a "reimagining" than a straight remake, as it made Irena the protagonist rather than Oliver, introduced a new male co-lead in the form of her brother Paul, and changed the cat people's origins from medieval witchcraft to prehistoric Human Sacrifice. It was also a great deal bloodier and more salacious than the original, and generally preferred to show what the original merely suggested. It's also notable for the soundtrack, a collaboration between Giorgio Moroder and David Bowie.See Cat Folk for feline humanoids.Tropes:
Cat People	fetched	2024-03-24T06:00:14Z
Cat People	parsed	2024-03-24T06:00:14Z
Cat People	processingComment	Dropped link to DefrostingTheIceQueen: Not a Feature - UNKNOWN
Cat People	processingComment	Dropped link to Fanservice: Not a Feature - IGNORE
Cat People	processingComment	Dropped link to InNameOnly: Not a Feature - ITEM
Cat People	processingComment	Dropped link to Yandere: Not a Feature - ITEM
Cat People	processingUnknown	DefrostingTheIceQueen
Cat People	isPartOf	DBTropes
Cat People / int_1073963d	type	Psychosexual Horror
Cat People / int_1073963d	comment	Psychosexual Horror: Irena is a virginal orphan who is trying to reconnect to her roots and falls in love for the first time, but is informed by her long-lost brother that they're werepanthers who are forced to transform if they have sex with humans and can only return to their human forms if they kill a human. The only people they can safely have sex with are fellow werepanthers, so after years of loneliness and sexual frustration (not to mention a lot of murder), Irena's brother is a little too excited to be reunited with her. Irena isn't so keen on this arrangement, but the dangers of her burgeoning sexuality causes problems in her relationship.
Cat People / int_1073963d	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_1073963d	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_1073963d
Cat People / int_1183175e	type	This Was His True Form
Cat People / int_1183175e	comment	This Was Her True Form: When Irena dies, she turns into a panther.
Cat People / int_1183175e	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_1183175e	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_1183175e
Cat People / int_149f34b6	type	Pretty Butterflies
Cat People / int_149f34b6	comment	Pretty Butterflies: Amy slaps a boy for accidentally crushing one of these.
Cat People / int_149f34b6	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_149f34b6	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_149f34b6
Cat People / int_18aff462	type	Artistic License â€“ Biology
Cat People / int_18aff462	comment	Artistic License â€“ Biology: A minor example, but one of the kittens Alice plays with is said to be a month old when itâ€™s clearly closer to four or five months.
Cat People / int_18aff462	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_18aff462	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_18aff462
Cat People / int_19ebe383	type	Never Trust a Trailer
Cat People / int_19ebe383	comment	Never Trust a Trailer: The trailer makes the film seem like a horror film, presenting Irena's ghost as a threat to Amy.
Cat People / int_19ebe383	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_19ebe383	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_19ebe383
Cat People / int_1f250372	type	I Need a Freaking Drink
Cat People / int_1f250372	comment	I Need a Freaking Drink: Alice mentions this towards the end when things get really messy.
Cat People / int_1f250372	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_1f250372	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_1f250372
Cat People / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
Cat People / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: The key to the panther's cage. In an early scene, the zookeeper leaves it in there forgetting about it. Irena steals it after her first transformation and later uses it to open the cage. Also the Sword Cane, which the therapist later uses during his fight with the black panther.
Cat People / int_22cf536c	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_22cf536c	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_22cf536c
Cat People / int_256301a9	type	That Thing Is Not My Child!
Cat People / int_256301a9	comment	That Thing Is Not My Child!: Julia Farren, who may have dementia, is convinced that her long suffering adult daughter Barbara is an imposter and that her real daughter died in childhood.
Cat People / int_256301a9	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_256301a9	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_256301a9
Cat People / int_264c0573	type	Sexy Cat Person
Cat People / int_264c0573	comment	Sexy Cat Person: Both versions heavily play on the stereotypical association of cats with female sexuality.
Cat People / int_264c0573	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_264c0573	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_264c0573
Cat People / int_2764d432	type	Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
Cat People / int_2764d432	comment	Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Dr. Judd, who turns out to be more interested in seducing Irena than curing her.
Cat People / int_2764d432	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_2764d432	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_2764d432
Cat People / int_28cd01ca	type	Disappeared Dad
Cat People / int_28cd01ca	comment	Disappeared Dad: Downplayed. Irena mentions that her father died before she was born.
Cat People / int_28cd01ca	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_28cd01ca	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_28cd01ca
Cat People / int_2aff6a25	type	Death of the Hypotenuse
Cat People / int_2aff6a25	comment	Death of the Hypotenuse: Irena's death resolves the dilemma of the Love Triangle. Although it was already decided that she and Ollie would divorce, so he could be with Alice.
Cat People / int_2aff6a25	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_2aff6a25	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_2aff6a25
Cat People / int_2c9e262	type	Catapult Nightmare
Cat People / int_2c9e262	comment	Catapult Nightmare: How Irena wakes from a bad dream she has about her therapist posing as King John.
Cat People / int_2c9e262	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_2c9e262	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_2c9e262
Cat People / int_2d50bb66	type	Perp Sweating
Cat People / int_2d50bb66	comment	Perp Sweating: A variation where the therapist uses a beamer to put Irena under hypnosis.
Cat People / int_2d50bb66	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_2d50bb66	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_2d50bb66
Cat People / int_2e8ed504	type	Beautiful Dreamer
Cat People / int_2e8ed504	comment	Beautiful Dreamer: At one point Irena watches Oliver sleep. When he wakes up, they talk about it.
Cat People / int_2e8ed504	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_2e8ed504	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_2e8ed504
Cat People / int_2f41cac1	type	Our Werebeasts Are Different
Cat People / int_2f41cac1	comment	Our Werebeasts Are Different: Only sex with another werecat prevents the transformation from and into human form, and if a werecat has sex with a human, the only way they can change back is to kill someone.
Cat People / int_2f41cac1	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_2f41cac1	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_2f41cac1
Cat People / int_308ac24f	type	Fantasy-Forbidding Father
Cat People / int_308ac24f	comment	Fantasy-Forbidding Father: Oliver demands that Amy give up her dream world and is furious when she doesn't. He becomes more understanding at the end of the film, however.
Cat People / int_308ac24f	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_308ac24f	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_308ac24f
Cat People / int_31fa019d	type	All Psychology Is Freudian
Cat People / int_31fa019d	comment	He's also hilariously Freudian, absolutely convinced that her belief comes entirely from her own mind, despite it being established as a folktale from her Serbia.
Cat People / int_31fa019d	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_31fa019d	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_31fa019d
Cat People / int_348c7ded	type	Sword Cane
Cat People / int_348c7ded	comment	Sword Cane: The therapist has such a cane. It doesn't help him though.
Cat People / int_348c7ded	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_348c7ded	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_348c7ded
Cat People / int_35e077	type	Fourth-Date Marriage
Cat People / int_35e077	comment	Fourth-Date Marriage: Oliver and Irena. Although in this case there's a Time Skip to when they've been together a few months and then another to their wedding party.
Cat People / int_35e077	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_35e077	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_35e077
Cat People / int_361a1d26	type	Anguished Declaration of Love
Cat People / int_361a1d26	comment	Anguished Declaration of Love: Alice revealing her love to Oliver at the office.
Cat People / int_361a1d26	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_361a1d26	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_361a1d26
Cat People / int_373e2b9f	type	Murder the Hypotenuse
Cat People / int_373e2b9f	comment	Murder the Hypotenuse: Once Alice starts moving in on Oliver, Irena starts stalking her in panther form.
Cat People / int_373e2b9f	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_373e2b9f	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_373e2b9f
Cat People / int_38d02d44	type	Batman Gambit
Cat People / int_38d02d44	comment	Batman Gambit: Alice's actions in the pool scene are actually pretty smart, given the circumstances; she hears that there could be a wild animal or an attacker in the near, so she jumps into the water. If it's a wild animal, it might hesitate at going into the water. And if it does, it'll have to reveal itself. And if it goes into the water, it might be slowed down and an experienced swimmer like Alice might be able to get away quickly. Once it becomes apparent the animal won't be showing itself, she screams to let the receptionist know there's a problem.
Cat People / int_38d02d44	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_38d02d44	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_38d02d44
Cat People / int_3aa61d8e	type	TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight
Cat People / int_3aa61d8e	comment	The Cloudcuckoolander Was Right: What Oliver and Alice belatedly realize about Irena's stories about the cat curse.
Cat People / int_3aa61d8e	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_3aa61d8e	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_3aa61d8e
Cat People / int_3af4d3a3	type	Hollywood New England
Cat People / int_3af4d3a3	comment	Hollywood New England
Cat People / int_3af4d3a3	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_3af4d3a3	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_3af4d3a3
Cat People / int_3c670a1b	type	Color-Coded Eyes
Cat People / int_3c670a1b	comment	Color-Coded Eyes: Irena has green eyes, which is significant because she is a werepanther. Her brother, however, also a werepanther, has violet eyes. The title song (by David Bowie) begins, "See these eyes so green..."
Cat People / int_3c670a1b	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_3c670a1b	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_3c670a1b
Cat People / int_3d455888	type	Then Let Me Be Evil
Cat People / int_3d455888	comment	Then Let Me Be Evil: After Oliver finally has enough of Irena's jealousy and leaves her for Alice, Irena decides to purposefully transform into the panther so she can kill everyone.
Cat People / int_3d455888	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_3d455888	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_3d455888
Cat People / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
Cat People / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: The Heroine Dies, but this enables Oliver to move on and lead a more satisfying relationship with Alice.
Cat People / int_40cc0c7e	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_40cc0c7e	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_40cc0c7e
Cat People / int_41dee1c9	type	Children Are Special
Cat People / int_41dee1c9	comment	Children Are Special: Oliver and Alice's daughter Amy.
Cat People / int_41dee1c9	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_41dee1c9	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_41dee1c9
Cat People / int_43b154c9	type	Not Even Bothering with the Accent
Cat People / int_43b154c9	comment	Not Even Bothering with the Accent: Serbian-born Irena sings a lovely Christmas carol to Amy—in French.
Cat People / int_43b154c9	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_43b154c9	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_43b154c9
Cat People / int_47951d6a	type	Human-to-Werewolf Footprints
Cat People / int_47951d6a	comment	Human-to-Werewolf Footprints: Werepanther-to-human footprints. The Footprints of Muck leading away from the site of the slaughtered sheep change from pawprints to tracks left by what are apparently magic high-heeled shoes.
Cat People / int_47951d6a	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_47951d6a	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_47951d6a
Cat People / int_4a41c3dc	type	Invisible to Adults
Cat People / int_4a41c3dc	comment	Invisible to Adults: Irena (or her ghost) can only be seen by Amy.
Cat People / int_4a41c3dc	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_4a41c3dc	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_4a41c3dc
Cat People / int_4f84cdef	type	Smug Snake
Cat People / int_4f84cdef	comment	Smug Snake: Dr. Judd.
Cat People / int_4f84cdef	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_4f84cdef	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_4f84cdef
Cat People / int_5028baf2	type	What Is This Thing You Call "Love"?
Cat People / int_5028baf2	comment	What Is This Thing You Call "Love"?: Oliver asks this himself after Alice pours her heart out to him.
Cat People / int_5028baf2	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_5028baf2	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_5028baf2
Cat People / int_510e5a9	type	Sassy Black Woman
Cat People / int_510e5a9	comment	Sassy Black Woman: Minnie, the waitress at Sally Lunn's.
Cat People / int_510e5a9	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_510e5a9	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_510e5a9
Cat People / int_565106b3	type	Women Are Wiser
Cat People / int_565106b3	comment	Women Are Wiser: Alice and Amy's teacher Miss Callahan are far more understanding of Amy's fantasies than her father.
Cat People / int_565106b3	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_565106b3	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_565106b3
Cat People / int_56515a39	type	Artistic License â€“ History
Cat People / int_56515a39	comment	Artistic License â€“ History: Irena's tale involves one King John of Serbia who freed Serbia from "the Mamelukes". Well, there was a "King"—or rather an "Emperor"—John, but he fought the Hungarians during the Ottoman invasion and a subsequent Hungarian War of Succession in an effort to carve out his own Serbian kingdom—not the Mamelukes (who were Egyptians of Circassian origin and never actually fought Serbs). He also didn't rule very long—ultimately his rule wound up letting the Turks conquer most of Serbia...
Cat People / int_56515a39	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_56515a39	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_56515a39
Cat People / int_5d09da4c	type	For Your Own Good
Cat People / int_5d09da4c	comment	For Your Own Good: Oliver believes he is helping Amy when he demands she give up her dream world.
Cat People / int_5d09da4c	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_5d09da4c	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_5d09da4c
Cat People / int_5f4c3290	type	Skeptic No Longer
Cat People / int_5f4c3290	comment	Skeptic No Longer: Oliver spends the film convinced Irena's fears are just superstitions... until he gets proof first hand.
Cat People / int_5f4c3290	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_5f4c3290	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_5f4c3290
Cat People / int_60547993	type	I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Cat People / int_60547993	comment	I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: When Dr. Judd says that Oliver can either divorce Irena (and leave her with the stigma involved) or institutionalize her and be obligated to take care of her forever without the possibility of divorce, Alice immediately says that the latter would be the right thing to do, even though it would mean she wouldn't get to marry Oliver.
Cat People / int_60547993	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_60547993	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_60547993
Cat People / int_60cc14ba	type	Ruritania
Cat People / int_60cc14ba	comment	Ruritania: How all-American Oliver regards Irena's homeland Serbia with its crazy folktales and superstitions.
Cat People / int_60cc14ba	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_60cc14ba	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_60cc14ba
Cat People / int_6193ae61	type	Deus Sex Machina
Cat People / int_6193ae61	comment	Deus Sex Machina: The werepanthers' transformation is triggered by sex.
Cat People / int_6193ae61	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_6193ae61	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_6193ae61
Cat People / int_658f7193	type	Lack of Empathy
Cat People / int_658f7193	comment	Lack of Empathy: Oliver is guilty of this with his daughter Amy where he scolds and punishes her for not giving up her fantasy world. He is clearly remorseful by the end.
Cat People / int_658f7193	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_658f7193	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_658f7193
Cat People / int_6a696742	type	The Power of Love
Cat People / int_6a696742	comment	The Power of Love: Irena's love for Oliver overpowers her instinct to kill him, even when she's in panther form.
Cat People / int_6a696742	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_6a696742	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_6a696742
Cat People / int_6c52e07a	type	Night Swim Equals Death
Cat People / int_6c52e07a	comment	Night Swim Equals Death: Subverted. It doesn't actually end with a death, but the suspense built up around it makes it look like it will.
Cat People / int_6c52e07a	featureApplicability	-0.3
Cat People / int_6c52e07a	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_6c52e07a
Cat People / int_6d089995	type	The Shrink
Cat People / int_6d089995	comment	The Shrink: A combination of Type 1 and 2. Though he seems to act in Irena's best interest, his actions ultimately lead to her demise.
Cat People / int_6d089995	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_6d089995	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_6d089995
Cat People / int_6d0b942	type	Unexplained Accent
Cat People / int_6d0b942	comment	Unexplained Accent: Dr Judd is said to have some Eastern European heritage, but speaks with Tom Conway's English accent. The actor himself actually was born in Russia and lived there until he was thirteen.
Cat People / int_6d0b942	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_6d0b942	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_6d0b942
Cat People / int_6d332aea	type	Driven to Suicide
Cat People / int_6d332aea	comment	Driven to Suicide: Irena, by releasing the panther.
Cat People / int_6d332aea	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_6d332aea	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_6d332aea
Cat People / int_7453bc5b	type	Spared by the Adaptation
Cat People / int_7453bc5b	comment	Spared by the Adaptation: In this remake, Irena survives but is permanently stuck as a panther, albeit a docile one.
Cat People / int_7453bc5b	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_7453bc5b	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_7453bc5b
Cat People / int_76c30df4	type	Will Not Tell a Lie
Cat People / int_76c30df4	comment	Will Not Tell a Lie: Amy refuses to lie and say she cannot see Irena in the garden even though she knows her father will now punish her.
Cat People / int_76c30df4	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_76c30df4	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_76c30df4
Cat People / int_771f6307	type	Brother–Sister Incest
Cat People / int_771f6307	comment	Brotherâ€“Sister Incest: The remake offers this as the solution to a piece of Fridge Logic from the original: if the werecats kill everyone they have sex with, how did they keep their lineage going for all these generations? Only by doing it with each other. Paul wants to keep this tradition up with Irena, much to her horror.
Cat People / int_771f6307	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_771f6307	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_771f6307
Cat People / int_7a265daa	type	Eagleland
Cat People / int_7a265daa	comment	Eagleland: A number of subtle examples. Oliver and Alice are essentially decent but are patronizing towards anything or anyone foreign. Alice finds Dr. Judd's hand-kissing (an Eastern European custom) grotesque, and Oliver pointedly orders apple pie at the diner, refusing the gumbo (leading the waitress to say "don't nobody like chicken gumbo?") And of course he is dismissive of Irena's Serbian background and stories.
Cat People / int_7a265daa	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_7a265daa	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_7a265daa
Cat People / int_7ad0e492	type	Imaginary Friend
Cat People / int_7ad0e492	comment	Imaginary Friend: Irena to Amy. It is unclear if she exists only in Amy's imagination or not.
Cat People / int_7ad0e492	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_7ad0e492	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_7ad0e492
Cat People / int_7b54f561	type	Sensual Slavs
Cat People / int_7b54f561	comment	Sensual Slav: Irena comes across as this at first. But then it turns out she's terrified of even kissing her husband.
Cat People / int_7b54f561	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_7b54f561	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_7b54f561
Cat People / int_7c897aaa	type	Psychic Link
Cat People / int_7c897aaa	comment	Psychic Link: Paul and Irena seem to have a mild one; she can sense when he's distressed and eventually recognizes him in cat form.
Cat People / int_7c897aaa	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_7c897aaa	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_7c897aaa
Cat People / int_7dad519f	type	Sex Is Evil
Cat People / int_7dad519f	comment	Sex Is Evil: In both versions, though the 1942 version requires a much smaller trigger to the evilness.
Cat People / int_7dad519f	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_7dad519f	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_7dad519f
Cat People / int_820133fd	type	Tragic Hero
Cat People / int_820133fd	comment	Tragic Hero: Irena, aware and in fear of her cat curse, still enters into an ill-fated relationship.
Cat People / int_820133fd	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_820133fd	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_820133fd
Cat People / int_8ed5c6e4	type	Asshole Victim
Cat People / int_8ed5c6e4	comment	Asshole Victim: Dr. Judd, who gets killed after he arguably takes advantage of Irena's situation.
Cat People / int_8ed5c6e4	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_8ed5c6e4	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_8ed5c6e4
Cat People / int_916c72b3	type	Rule of Symbolism
Cat People / int_916c72b3	comment	Rule of Symbolism: The second time Oliver visits Irena in her apartment, Irena sits in front of a shadow cast by her chair that specifically seems to form cat ears on her head. Her statue of a historical figure slaying a cat is also acknowledged as this In-Universe.
Cat People / int_916c72b3	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_916c72b3	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_916c72b3
Cat People / int_9245d989	type	Sinister Minister
Cat People / int_9245d989	comment	Sinister Minister: It's downplayed, but Paul works at a (colorfully painted) local church. It's not totally clear whether this is meant to counteract his werecat impulses or enable them; there's evidence for both.
Cat People / int_9245d989	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_9245d989	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_9245d989
Cat People / int_94e4c8ab	type	Betty and Veronica
Cat People / int_94e4c8ab	comment	Betty and Veronica: Alice and Irena. Alice is the Girl Next Door from the same industry as Ollie, while Irena is the foreigner with a more glamorous career as an illustrator.
Cat People / int_94e4c8ab	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_94e4c8ab	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_94e4c8ab
Cat People / int_9578d077	type	My Instincts Are Showing
Cat People / int_9578d077	comment	My Instincts Are Showing: The first time Irena comes close to transforming, she strips off and hunts a rabbit in the bayou. Earlier, when frightened, she leaps to the top of wall. Her brother Paul often climbs trees and after a transformation, will eat the leftover skin clinging to his body.
Cat People / int_9578d077	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_9578d077	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_9578d077
Cat People / int_9ee065ab	type	Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
Cat People / int_9ee065ab	comment	Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday: Amy runs outside into a blizzard and is nearly strangled by Barbara during the Christmas season.
Cat People / int_9ee065ab	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_9ee065ab	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_9ee065ab
Cat People / int_9fd180b9	type	AnimalsHateHer
Cat People / int_9fd180b9	comment	Animals Hate Her: The kitten Oliver buys for Irena hisses when she approaches it; when they go to the pet store to exchange it for a bird all the animals become agitated. Later, the bird dies of fright when Irena picks it up. Lampshaded by the pet store worker:
Cat People / int_9fd180b9	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_9fd180b9	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_9fd180b9
Cat People / int_a27c0c2c	type	Artistic License â€“ Religion
Cat People / int_a27c0c2c	comment	Artistic License â€“ Religion: When meeting the other Serbian woman, Irena makes the sign of the cross left-to-right as opposed to the Orthodox way of right-to-left.
Cat People / int_a27c0c2c	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_a27c0c2c	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_a27c0c2c
Cat People / int_a65288e2	type	Ascended Extra
Cat People / int_a65288e2	comment	Ascended Extra: The character of Paul is derived from the panther at the zoo who fascinates Irena. As in the original, Oliver and Irena first meet while she's sketching him. But in the original the panther seems to be nothing more than an ordinary animal, while here he's her brother and another cat person.
Cat People / int_a65288e2	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_a65288e2	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_a65288e2
Cat People / int_ad3e13c5	type	The Loins Sleep Tonight
Cat People / int_ad3e13c5	comment	The Loins Sleep Tonight: Paul picks up a blonde in a cemetery, takes her to bed, and can't get it up. He says mournfully that he prayed that "it" wouldn't happen again; she comforts him that she knows how to take care of guys like him, and will make it better. And then "it" turns out to be, not failing to get it up, but turning into a black leopard and eating her.
Cat People / int_ad3e13c5	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_ad3e13c5	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_ad3e13c5
Cat People / int_b032e4ed	type	Ms. Fanservice
Cat People / int_b032e4ed	comment	Ms. Fanservice: And how! There are 5 speaking roles for women in the film, only FemalÃ© gets to keep her clothes on.
Cat People / int_b032e4ed	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_b032e4ed	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_b032e4ed
Cat People / int_b034d333	type	Film Noir
Cat People / int_b034d333	comment	Film Noir: A classic example featuring Emerging from the Shadows and Smoking Is Cool.
Cat People / int_b034d333	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_b034d333	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_b034d333
Cat People / int_b097493c	type	Madonna-Whore Complex
Cat People / int_b097493c	comment	Madonna-Whore Complex: Actually a surprising inversion for a 1940s film. Irena is initially presented as the Whore to Alice's Madonna â€“ the sexier exotic vamp to the all-American Girl Next Door. But Irena is afraid of her own sexuality and has a sexless marriage with Ollie, which is one of the reasons their relationship falls apart. Alice is far more sexually forward, making declarations of love to Ollie and being quite fearless.
Cat People / int_b097493c	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_b097493c	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_b097493c
Cat People / int_b1c9f316	type	The Big Easy
Cat People / int_b1c9f316	comment	The Big Easy: The film's setting is moved to New Orleans, and Schrader makes the most of the atmosphere of the city and the surrounding bayou.
Cat People / int_b1c9f316	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_b1c9f316	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_b1c9f316
Cat People / int_b53c57d5	type	Epigraph
Cat People / int_b53c57d5	comment	Epigraph: Two of them bookend the film. The opening one â€“ from the film's fictional Dr. Louis Judd â€“ is the page quote above. The closing one â€“ taken from the fifth of John Donne's Holy Sonnets â€“Â reads thusly:
Cat People / int_b53c57d5	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_b53c57d5	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_b53c57d5
Cat People / int_b7e0c5ff	type	Love Triangle
Cat People / int_b7e0c5ff	comment	Love Triangle: Between Irena, Alice and Oliver. The dilemma is being resolved via Death of the Hypotenuse.
Cat People / int_b7e0c5ff	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_b7e0c5ff	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_b7e0c5ff
Cat People / int_b90ddf3c	type	Perverted Sniffing
Cat People / int_b90ddf3c	comment	Perverted Sniffing: Paul does this to his estranged sister Irena. However, they are, of course, werecats and it's a part of their animalistic bonding ritual. Paul wants Irena to be his mate.
Cat People / int_b90ddf3c	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_b90ddf3c	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_b90ddf3c
Cat People / int_bcac7f63	type	Distant Prologue
Cat People / int_bcac7f63	comment	Distant Prologue: The film opens in what appears to be a Neolithic village, where the locals offer up a young woman as a sacrifice to the leopards.
Cat People / int_bcac7f63	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_bcac7f63	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_bcac7f63
Cat People / int_be1e5f7e	type	Surprise Vehicle
Cat People / int_be1e5f7e	comment	Surprise Vehicle: Lewton's Bus. It helps that Alice has No Peripheral Vision and is taken by surprise when the bus rushes into view.
Cat People / int_be1e5f7e	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_be1e5f7e	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_be1e5f7e
Cat People / int_c25e18f1	type	Shrug Take
Cat People / int_c25e18f1	comment	Shrug Take: Alice on her way to the apartment pool sees a kitten hissing in fear that has just encountered Irena. Not realizing this, Alice shrugs and keeps walking.
Cat People / int_c25e18f1	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_c25e18f1	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_c25e18f1
Cat People / int_c66cb5a9	type	Human Sacrifice
Cat People / int_c66cb5a9	comment	Human Sacrifice: In this version, Paul and Irena are cat people because their ancestors sacrificed their children to leopards. "The souls of the children grew inside the leopards until they became human," Paul explains in an expository Dream Sequence.
Cat People / int_c66cb5a9	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_c66cb5a9	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_c66cb5a9
Cat People / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Cat People / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: References to Dante Alighieri and Beatrice are sprinkled in the film, reflecting Schrader's view that Oliver's obsession with Irena stems from his "Beatrice complex." Sharp-eyed viewers will note that Oliver has a book by Yukio Mishima on his nightstand. This is also a meta bit of Foreshadowing as Schrader would make a film about Mishima a few years later.
Cat People / int_c75df49a	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_c75df49a	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_c75df49a
Cat People / int_caa28b82	type	Cloudcuckoolander
Cat People / int_caa28b82	comment	Cloudcuckoolander: How Amy's classmates and at times her own father see her.
Cat People / int_caa28b82	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_caa28b82	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_caa28b82
Cat People / int_cdfe12c3	type	Nothing Is Scarier
Cat People / int_cdfe12c3	comment	Nothing Is Scarier: One of the most famous examples is the "Lewton Bus" scene, in which Alice is shown looking over her shoulder, walking faster and faster as the camera zooms in on her terrified face, before we are startled by a hiss. It's actually the hydraulic brakes on a passing bus. This scene is still terrifying more than 80 years later! The film also makes a great deal of implication rather than outright explaining things, leaving a lot to the imagination.
Cat People / int_cdfe12c3	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_cdfe12c3	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_cdfe12c3
Cat People / int_ce389717	type	Harassing Phone Call
Cat People / int_ce389717	comment	Harassing Phone Call: Alice receives two of them from Irena who hangs up after hearing a female voice on the other end (office).
Cat People / int_ce389717	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_ce389717	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_ce389717
Cat People / int_d028e0da	type	An Arm and a Leg
Cat People / int_d028e0da	comment	An Arm and a Leg: Caged in panther form, Paul rips the arm off one of his keepers. Realistically, the man dies of blood loss.
Cat People / int_d028e0da	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_d028e0da	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_d028e0da
Cat People / int_d2b59903	type	Cool Old Lady
Cat People / int_d2b59903	comment	Cool Old Lady: Averted. Julia Farren is kind to Amy but rejects her own daughter, possibly because of mental illness or dementia.
Cat People / int_d2b59903	featureApplicability	-1.0
Cat People / int_d2b59903	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_d2b59903
Cat People / int_dda12cb3	type	Cat Scare
Cat People / int_dda12cb3	comment	Cat Scare: A pioneering example in the original, often claimed (especially by the makers) to be the first using the brakes of a bus to make a sound very like the hissing of a great cat. Further uses would become known as Lewton's Bus.
Cat People / int_dda12cb3	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_dda12cb3	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_dda12cb3
Cat People / int_e602b55b	type	Shadow Discretion Shot
Cat People / int_e602b55b	comment	Shadow Discretion Shot: The fight between the therapist and the panther is depicted as a shadow play against a wall.
Cat People / int_e602b55b	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_e602b55b	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_e602b55b
Cat People / int_e9a97564	type	Evil Wears Black
Cat People / int_e9a97564	comment	Evil Wears Black: Irena completes her Faceâ€“Heel Turn by wearing a black dress and coat in all the scenes.
Cat People / int_e9a97564	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_e9a97564	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_e9a97564
Cat People / int_e9f7b815	type	Creepy Housekeeper
Cat People / int_e9f7b815	comment	Creepy Housekeeper: Paul's housekeeper FemalÃ© is hospitable, but she has a very voodoo vibe about her and is very loyal to Paul, helping him avoid punishment for his crimes.
Cat People / int_e9f7b815	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_e9f7b815	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_e9f7b815
Cat People / int_ed54283	type	Single Mom Stripper
Cat People / int_ed54283	comment	Single Mom Stripper: The prostitute whom Paul attacks early in the film is late for an appointment because she had to find a babysitter.
Cat People / int_ed54283	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_ed54283	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_ed54283
Cat People / int_eee99653	type	Can't Have Sex, Ever
Cat People / int_eee99653	comment	Can't Have Sex, Ever: Irena will turn into a killer cat if this happens.
Cat People / int_eee99653	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_eee99653	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_eee99653
Cat People / int_efc1d647	type	Never a Self-Made Woman
Cat People / int_efc1d647	comment	Never a Self-Made Woman: Interestingly played, especially for the time period. Irena has a job of her own as an illustrator, but once she's married, she has no life outside of her relationship with Ollie and her eventual death could be interpreted as a suicide now that she can't be with him anymore. Alice meanwhile, the 'right' girl has her own career and interests - and had no ill will towards the man she loved marrying another woman - only confessing her feelings once it was clear his relationship was failing.
Cat People / int_efc1d647	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_efc1d647	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_efc1d647
Cat People / int_f6214be1	type	Hollywood Psych
Cat People / int_f6214be1	comment	Hollywood Psych: A shrink in the original tries to convince Irena that her belief that she'll turn into a great cat if a man kisses her is just a delusion fostered by fear of male sexuality. He tries this out with a... practical demonstration. It doesn't work out the way he thought it would. He's also hilariously Freudian, absolutely convinced that her belief comes entirely from her own mind, despite it being established as a folktale from her Serbia.
Cat People / int_f6214be1	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_f6214be1	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_f6214be1
Cat People / int_f9741356	type	Kindhearted Cat Lover
Cat People / int_f9741356	comment	Kind Hearted Cat Lover: Alice, who plays with several cats throughout the movie.
Cat People / int_f9741356	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_f9741356	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_f9741356
Cat People / int_fed93e1b	type	Dark and Troubled Past
Cat People / int_fed93e1b	comment	Dark and Troubled Past: Irena fled her Doomed Hometown because of the ancient curse.
Cat People / int_fed93e1b	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_fed93e1b	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_fed93e1b
Cat People / int_name	type	ItemName
Cat People / int_name	comment
Cat People / int_name	featureApplicability	1.0
Cat People / int_name	featureConfidence	1.0
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat People / int_name
Cat People / int_name	itemName	Cat People

The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

CatPeople	sameAs	Cat People
Cat People	hasFeature	Animals Hate Him / int_9ac053cb
Cat People	hasFeature	Animorphism / int_9ac053cb
Cat People	hasFeature	Can't Have Sex, Ever / int_9ac053cb
Cat People	hasFeature	Cat Scare / int_9ac053cb
Cat People	hasFeature	Coconut Superpowers / int_9ac053cb
Cat People	hasFeature	Creepy Housekeeper / int_9ac053cb
Cat People	hasFeature	Death of the Hypotenuse / int_9ac053cb
Cat People	hasFeature	Deus Sex Machina / int_9ac053cb
Cat People	hasFeature	Feline Fiction / int_9ac053cb
Cat People	hasFeature	Film Noir Index / int_9ac053cb
Cat People	hasFeature	Films Noirs Index / int_9ac053cb
Cat People	hasFeature	Footprints of Muck / int_9ac053cb
Cat People	hasFeature	Human-to-Werewolf Footprints / int_9ac053cb
Cat People	hasFeature	Ironic Nursery Tune / int_9ac053cb
Cat People	hasFeature	My Instincts Are Showing / int_9ac053cb
Cat People	hasFeature	Night Swim Equals Death / int_9ac053cb
100 Scariest Movie Moments	seeAlso	Cat People
Cat People	hasFeature	Panthera Awesome / int_9ac053cb
Cat People	hasFeature	Perverted Sniffing / int_9ac053cb
Cat People	hasFeature	Psychosexual Horror / int_9ac053cb
Cat People	hasFeature	Sexy Cat Person / int_9ac053cb
Cat People	hasFeature	Shadow Discretion Shot / int_9ac053cb
Cat People	hasFeature	Skeptic No Longer / int_9ac053cb
Cat People	hasFeature	Sword Cane / int_9ac053cb
Cat People	hasFeature	The Loins Sleep Tonight / int_9ac053cb
Cat People	hasFeature	This Was His True Form / int_9ac053cb
Cat People	hasFeature	Through the Eyes of Madness / int_9ac053cb
Cat People	hasFeature	Unseen Evil / int_9ac053cb
Cat People	hasFeature	Werebeast Works / int_9ac053cb

Copyright of DBTropes.org wrapper 2009-2013 DFKI Knowledge Management. Imprint. - Thanks to Bakken&Baeck for hosting. Contact.
Copyright of data TVTropes.org contributors under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.